DEVICE WITH EXTERNAL PRESSURE SENSORS FOR ENHANCING PATIENT CARE AND METHODS OF USING SAME - Patent 2651284

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EP 2 651 284 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	27.09.2012

(43)	Date of publication:
	23.10.2013 Bulletin 2013/43

(21)	Application number: 11849304.8

(22)	Date of filing: 13.12.2011

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61B 1/24^(2006.01)
A61B 1/273^(2006.01)

A61B 1/267^(2006.01)
A61B 5/00^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2011/064587

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2012/082715 (21.06.2012 Gazette 2012/25)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

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Priority:

13.12.2010 US 422364 P

(71)	Applicant: Case Western Reserve University
	Cleveland, OH 44106-7219 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	ROWBOTTOM, James, R. Broadview Heights OH 44147 (US) REYNOLDS, James, Dixon Cleveland Heights OH 44106 (US)

(74)	Representative: Ricker, Mathias
	Wallinger Ricker Schlotter Tostmann Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Zweibrückenstraße 5-7 80331 München 80331 München (DE)

(54)	DEVICE WITH EXTERNAL PRESSURE SENSORS FOR ENHANCING PATIENT CARE AND METHODS OF USING SAME